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Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Sun Nov 21, 10 2:44 pm Post subject: DETS
I am sure that most of us have heard of LETS: the Local Exchange Trading System of barter. The system should work with any close group of people, not necessarily physically close. So have we considered a barter system within the Downsizer network? Or is it already well established, and I've missed it?

jamanda
Downsizer Moderator

Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35057
Location: Devon

Posted: Sun Nov 21, 10 2:50 pm Post subject:
I think many people on here help each other out without it needing to be formalised. What do others think?

Penny Outskirts

Joined: 18 Sep 2005
Posts: 23385
Location: Planet, not on the....

Posted: Sun Nov 21, 10 3:15 pm Post subject:
I barter with all sorts of people, but all informally. Something to consider on a more formal basis perhaps?

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Sun Nov 21, 10 3:19 pm Post subject:
I think it works very well as it is - I have no interest in a formalised arrangement.

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Sun Nov 21, 10 3:36 pm Post subject:

Jamanda wrote:

I think many people on here help each other out without it needing to be formalised.

I am sure they do. But it is restricted that way.
Imagine you for which you wanted my help for a few days. If you were a close friend then I would quite likely just do it, and somewhere down the line, I would get a couple of days (or equivalent) back off you.
But (and no disrespect) you are not that close, and I would expect you to want to pay me... now you might just happen to have something I would want to trade for, but realistically, the only likely, sensible option would be money.
However, if there were such a thing, I would happily accept downsizer money, as I know there are people here that I could spend it with.

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Sun Nov 21, 10 3:37 pm Post subject:

judith wrote:

I think it works very well as it is - I have no interest in a formalised arrangement.

I don't think anyone was suggesting it was compulsory.

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Sun Nov 21, 10 3:40 pm Post subject:
I don't think I implied that I thought it would be.

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Sun Nov 21, 10 4:44 pm Post subject:

judith wrote:

I don't think I implied that I thought it would be.

My point was simply that if a formal system existed, then it would not hamper anything informal alongside it.

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35935
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Sun Nov 21, 10 4:46 pm Post subject:

judith wrote:

I think it works very well as it is - I have no interest in a formalised arrangement.

Ditto.

bagpuss

Joined: 09 Dec 2004
Posts: 10507
Location: cambridge

Posted: Sun Nov 21, 10 8:43 pm Post subject:

Hairyloon wrote:

judith wrote:

I don't think I implied that I thought it would be.

My point was simply that if a formal system existed, then it would not hamper anything informal alongside it.

Unfortunately I don't think that is true.

Anyone who participated in a formal solution would be far less amiable to an informal solution because they already bought into the formal solution

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46246
Location: yes

Posted: Sun Nov 21, 10 9:37 pm Post subject:

Chez wrote:

judith wrote:

I think it works very well as it is - I have no interest in a formalised arrangement.

Ditto.

yep

Treacodactyl
Downsizer Moderator

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 25795
Location: Jumping on the bandwagon of opportunism

Posted: Fri Dec 03, 10 5:44 pm Post subject:
Just seen this mentioned, no idea if it's any good as I've not used it but thought it worth mentioning. https://www.streetbank.com/

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Fri Dec 03, 10 5:54 pm Post subject:

Treacodactyl wrote:

Just seen this mentioned, no idea if it's any good as I've not used it but thought it worth mentioning. https://www.streetbank.com/

Like. Lots. Hope it takes off.

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35935
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Fri Dec 03, 10 5:59 pm Post subject:
Is it just not like LETS, though?

sean
Downsizer Moderator

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 42219
Location: North Devon

Posted: Fri Dec 03, 10 6:07 pm Post subject:
LETS is supposed to act as a currency isn't it? Which is where it breaks down because everybody wants a carpenter/gardener/electrician but there's a small level of demand for Hopi ear candling. This just seems to be a localised version of downsizer/freecycle/freegle. Nick only likes it because his neighbours are more than a km away.

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